The Rugby Championship kicks off for 2017 this weekend, starting with old foes New Zealand and Australia facing off in a match that doubles as the first of the three-match Bledisloe Cup series. So where will the two matches be played, what time do they kick off, and who will feature?

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"A lot of guys think, 'well, I've got the money, I don't really want to be on the road as much as I have been. It's time to have a little bit more time at home'," Slater said on Sky Sports Radio where he co-hosts a breakfast program.

"In yesteryear when a cricketer retired, they might have made a little bit of brass while they played, but they weren't set up for life.

"So they had to get very quickly back into the work side of things.

"You're not going to get a guy who's worth $10 million coming out of playing, and now has a young family, who's going to say, 'yeah, I put my hand up to be on the road as much as I was as a player'."

Slater said commentating, like coaching, wasn't for everyone.

He said admired Justin Langer, who now coaches Western Australia, but his fellow former Test opener was the exception.

"He's just in love with the game of cricket. He wants to put back into the game of cricket. But he didn't have to," Slater said.

"It's (commentating) not for everyone. Many have tried it and not cut it.

"Mike Hussey tried the media. It hasn't worked out for him.

"I think Mike Hussey is a guy you could get back involved at the grassroots of the game."

Ponting, who has coached Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has been watching Australia's Test series loss against South Africa from London, commentating for British television.

"If you look through the greats of the game, how many of those guys are actually back inside the system coaching somewhere?," Ponting told AllOutCricket.com.

"They're not. They're all sitting back behind a microphone commentating because they get paid more and it's less intrusive time-wise.